Fireplace.



G.- F. TRIPP.

FIREPLAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1o, 1913.

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FIREPLAUE.

APPLICATION TILED MAY 1o, 191e,

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GEORGE FRANKLIN TRIPP, OF FLINT, MICHIGAN.

FIREPLACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.. il?, 1914.

Application filed May 10, 1913. Serial No. 766,767.

To all 'wila/nt it may] concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE F. Tiuri), a citizen of the United States, residing at Flint, in the county of Genesee and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fireplaces, of which the following is a specification.

rlfhe invention has relation to a fire place having a contracted throat for the escape of smoke into the flue or chimney, a pan being located in the throat and serving both as a wind check and a receptacle to receive soot, and consists in the peculiar formation of the fire place and in the means for strengthening the same and forming a sup port for Vthe combined wind check and soot pan.

rlhe invention consists of the novel features, details of construction and combination of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of the specification, Figure l is a section of a fire place embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line -m of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view, of the bar which closes the open side of the angle cross bar forming a stay for the upper end of the fire place back. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the pan.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description, and indicated in all the views of the drawings, by the same reference characters.

The jambs of the fire place are indicated by the numeral l and flare at their upper ends. lThe back 2 of the fire place curves forwardly at its upper end, which is strengthened and stayed by means of a cross bar 3, which preferably consists of an angle iron arranged with the space formed be= tween the wings facing upward and closed by means of a bar l which is a 1ranged in a horizontal plane. The top of the first place is indicated by the numeral 5 and is approximately of arch form and inclines upwardly and rearwardly as shown most clearly in Fig. :2, said upwardly and rearwardly inclined portion being indicated at 6. The flue 7 is located directly above the spring of the back 2 and at some distance from the face of the fire place or chimney breast. The flue or chimney 7 is lined. An angle bar 8 supports the facing of the chimney or Hue and an angle bar 9 supports the brick or tile forming the wall adjacent the front of the Hue or chimney. r.The space between the facing and the inner wall is filled preferably with concrete. The flue or chimney 7 is contracted at the top of the back 2.

A pan l0 is located in the plane of the throat of the fire place and may be of any construction and preferably consists of a cast metal front and a sheet metal back, bottom and sides. For convenience of manipulation the pan l0 is provided near each end with handles 11. A baflle l2 extends upwardly and rearwardly from the front of the pan 10 and serves as an extension of the inner wall of the throat and also acts as a check to prevent down draft and soot from being carried into the room in which the fue place is located.

To retain the pan in proper position openings 13 are formed in its bottom and receive studs lll extending upwardly from the member d of the cross bar. rl`he pan catches any soot that may fall in the liuc or chimney and by removing such pan from time to time the accumulation of soot, ashes and the like may be dumped in any convenient place'. As shown most clearly in Fig. 2 the pan occupies a position in line with the fue or chimney 7 and extends slightly into the throat, hence any soot falling in the flue is received and retained in the pan. Moreover7 down draft strikes the rear portion of the pan and is deflected by such pan and the battle l2 and is caused to ascend in the front portion of the flue together with the warm air or smoke and gases passing off through the flue.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accomlianying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while l have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which l now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, lf desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is

l. A tire place having a contracted throat and having the upper portion of its back extended r'orwardly to overhang the lire place7 a cross bar engaging and sustaining the upper portion or' the back and supported at its ends in the jambs of the tire place, a pan located in the plane of the throat with its front portion extending tierein a short distance-and adapted to rest upon the said cross bar, a. ba'l'lie inclining upwardly and rearwardly Jfrom the front or' the pan, and retaining means between the pan and the said cross bar to retain the said pan in the proper position.

2. A. re place having the upper portions of its jambs flared and having the upper portion of its back extending forwardly to overhang the iireplace, a contracted throat being formed between the upper portion of the rire place and the flue, a cross bar engaging the upper end of the back and torming a stay therefor and having its ends let into the jambe, a pan located in the plane of the contracted throat with its front portion extending slightly therein and resting upon the said cross bar, a baille inclining upwardly and rearwardly from the front of the pan, and retaining means between the pan and cross bar.

3. A fire place having the upper portions of its jambs flared and the upper portion of its back extended forwardly, said fire place having the flue directly above the overlianging portion of the re place back, the throat between the lire place andino being contracted7 a cross bar engaging the upper end of the back and supported at its ends in the fire place jan'ibs, angle irons supporting the facing and the wall adjacent the front of the line, filling between such facing and wall and having its lower part upwardly and rearwardly inclined, a pan supported upon the cross bar engaging the upper end of the rire place back, a bare inclining upwardly and rearwardly rom'the front of the back, and retaining means between the pan and cross bar.

in testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE FRANKLIN TRPP. `Witnesses B. F. HAMILTON, VILL G. CEELY.

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